Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

After half an hour.

They finally caught up with Guo An and others in front of a dilapidated wooden bridge on the edge of the Qinhuai River.

However, what surprised Liu Wen and Dai Jiu was that the Marquis of Dinghai was not only surrounded by a few people who looked like accountants, but also two people, one large and one small, dressed in fine clothes and full of majesty and nobility.

Surprised, Liu Wen did not take Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi seriously.

They basically knew all the untouchable nobles in the capital.

These two people must be friends of Marquis Dinghai from Beiping.

However, the Marquis of Dinghai was too impatient. He brought two friends to watch and show off a mere [-] houses and [-] acres of fertile land!

What a complacent person!

With a subconscious glance from the corner of his mouth, Liu Wen still stepped forward with a respectful face and greeted Guo An.

"I'm going to see Marquis Dinghai!"

"Liu Zhixian, please get up!"

Guo An smiled gently and said to Liu Wen: "Liu County Magistrate, across the street is where our restaurant in Jiangjun Mountain is!"

Liu Wen subconsciously looked at Dai Jiu beside him.

Dai Jiu nodded quickly.

Liu Wen then replied: "Reporting to Lord Marquis, the other side of the river is where Lord Marquis's restaurant is!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "As long as you're not wrong!"

Just when Liu Weng was about to explain, a fat man in front of him said with disgust: "Teacher, why is this place so remote and barren?

Doesn’t it mean that your thousand towns are all homes with many laborers, and your twenty thousand fields are also fertile and fertile fields?

Why does it look different here? "

Did you bring all the students?Birds of a feather!
Liu Wen cursed and said quickly: "Master Marquis knows it well, the food towns on the other side are indeed the homes of many laborers!"

Zhu Di said with a straight face and impatient expression: "Okay, don't talk too much, just tell me how to get there!"

"Walking on the bridge..."

Liu Wen said subconsciously.

However, after seeing the appearance of the wooden bridge, he shut up.

A few old wooden boards and wooden sticks were tied to a few old ropes. Even if there were no pedestrians on it at the moment, the broken wooden bridge was still swaying.

If a person goes up, he will inevitably fall down.

Liu Wen quickly said: "Master Hou, don't worry, we must have found the wrong bridge!"

After saying that, he hurriedly looked at Dai Jiu behind him.

Dai Jiu said: "My Lord, you have forgotten that the Qinhuai River is too wide. There is no stone bridge built this time. If you want to cross here, you need to take a ferry!"

Liu Wen said quickly: "Yes, yes, please forgive me, Lord Marquis. I am too busy and confused. You need to take a ferry to get from here!"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but glance at Liu Wen with disgust. His ability was inferior to that of the caravan manager of Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking.

This made Liu Wen angry.

Guo An nodded slightly and was too lazy to speak.

He was now convinced that even if this guy wasn't plotting against him behind his back, he must be an insider.

"Master Marquis, the ferry is coming!"

At this time, a guard walked over quickly.

A three-foot-long ship came down from the upper reaches and headed towards the group of people.

There were all familiar faces on the boat.

It's not just the caravan under Prince Yan's Mansion in Peiping.

A group of people on the boat looked overjoyed when they saw Zhu Di and Guo An.

However, with the secret instructions from the previous guards, no one shouted at will.

Liu Wen on the side felt relieved and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

What if there was no ferry!

but.

Although Liu Wen was full of reluctance, he still followed Guo An and others. At a river bank, several people carefully boarded the ferry and headed to the opposite side.

……

"Ok?"

After landing on the shore and looking around, the faces of Zhu Di, Guo An and others suddenly darkened.

"May I ask Magistrate Liu, where is my thousand-eight city?"

"This……"

Liu Wen was startled again, his face full of confusion.

There was not a single person in sight.

As for fertile farmland, there is not even an acre of it.

On the side, the household clerk Dai Jiu also looked slightly startled, but he quickly came to his senses.

Look at the government officials behind you.

The officials' faces paled, and they quickly said: "Master Marquis, Lord of the County, this is the bank of the river, and all the farmers live there!"

"in?"

Liu Wen's face became a little calmer, and he quickly said: "Why don't you lead the way quickly!"

The officer said with a confused look on his face: "Your Majesty, those farmers are all in the mountains, and there are also villages in the distance!
Why don't you let the villain call them all out..." Liu Wen looked at Guo An hurriedly, "What do you mean by the Marquis? "

Guo An said with a sneer on his face: "We want to see for ourselves that Liu Zhixian County has chosen thousands of choices to give us, the Dinghai candidate who was conferred by His Majesty, the food town!"

Liu Wen shuddered subconsciously, and he regretted it.

He didn't expect those people to be so bold?So heartbroken!
"You will lead the way quickly!"

On the side, Zhu Di said coldly to the government officials with a dark face.

The government officials were just about to retort, but after meeting Zhu Di's gaze, for some reason, their hearts trembled and they did not dare to say another word and hurriedly led the way.

Guo An ignored Liu Wen and quickly followed him.

Immediately, the group of people walked again for about a quarter of an hour, and finally arrived at a village in a remote mountain col.

"Who are you and what are you doing in our village?"

Before entering the village, Zhu Di and Guo An were blocked in front by a dozen children. These children were all black and skinny.

However, every little kid holds a sharpened stick in his hand.

Seeing this, the expressions of Xu Yong's guards changed and they quickly stepped forward to protect Guo An, Zhu Di and others.

And a yamen servant shouted: "Hurry and call your village elders to come out. Your village is blessed, the Marquis is here!"

"Master Hou?"

When the leading child saw those government officials, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.

But looking at the people in front of him who were more than all the people in his village, he asked with a vigilant look: "Who is Mr. Hou? Our village has already handed over Xia Liang, why are you coming to our village now?"

The government officials seemed to be a little wary of these children, but they still said patiently: "The Marquis is a nobleman more noble than our county lords. I have come to this large village of yours and I have something good to tell you!"

"Our large village?"

Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the children were slightly relieved.

At this time.

The people in the village had been notified, and they all came over aggressively.

Ah!
These farmers had honest and silly smiles on their faces, but Guo An always felt that they were coming in a menacing manner.

On the side, Xu Yong and others all had serious expressions on their faces, staring at the approaching group of farmers with vigilance.

When the farmers saw Xu Yong and others, they couldn't help but pause slightly, and then the smiles on their faces became even bigger.

"I have met a few noble people in Zuo Lai. I wonder what the noble people do here in East Village?"

A government official said quickly: "Old man Zuo, this is the newly enthroned Marquis of Dinghai by His Majesty, and this is the honorable household minister of Jiangning County.

Several nobles came here this time because you and other farmers in the surrounding villages were given to the Marquis of Dinghai by His Majesty and became the Marquis's food! "

"Food place?"

Zuo Lai and all the young people from Zuo Village were stunned, "Why didn't we know?"

The yamen servant said with disdain on his face: "Hmph! What do you think your majesty has done, do you still need to know about it?"

A trace of anger flashed in the eyes of all the young men in Zuo Village.

Zhu Di suddenly said: "The matter of eating the city is an edict issued by His Majesty. You and other Jiangning County officials choose candidates, why did it become His Majesty's wish again?"

Everyone in Zuo Village suddenly stared at the government officials with anger on their faces, which shocked the government officials.

If it weren't for the county magistrate watching over them, they wouldn't want to come to this ghost place. These unruly people near Jiangjun Mountain are all barbarians who don't want their lives.

There is no gossip about anything, and it often makes me look sexy!

Liu Wen had long disliked Zhu Di and asked directly: "Who is this noble man? How do you know that this matter was not decided by His Majesty?"

Zhu Di scolded: "Damn it, Marquis Dinghai informed us of this matter. Do you have any opinions?"

Liu Wen was furious and his face turned red, "You...you are so handsome, how can you be so vulgar and insult an official of the imperial court?"

Zhu Di stared at Liu Wen and scolded: "As an official of the imperial court, you dare to secretly deceive the emperor and humiliate the Marquis Dinghai of the Ming Dynasty. How can you, a thief official, have such courage?"

Liu Wen's face turned pale, and he was frightened by Zhu Di's momentum. He said stiffly: "You are slandering me. His Majesty issued an edict to let us choose a place for Ding Haihou to eat and fertile land. There is only such a place in the entire Jiangning Mansion, but If you gather together a thousand households, you will still have [-] acres of fertile land!

Do you know how much effort this officer and other government officials spent in finding such a place? "

"Then tell me, how much effort did you, a thief official, put in?"

Zhu Di continued to scold: "I don't know how I got here, let alone what villages there are here, what kind of farmers there are here, how can you, a thief official, have the shame to say such disgusting words so shamelessly!"

"You are vulgar!"

Liu Wen retorted directly, "This is where the Marquis of Dinghai eats. I won't speak to a vulgar person like you!"

On the side, Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and others looked at him with strange expressions.

Zuo Lai and other Zuocun people glared at Liu Wen and others.

It turns out that all this was caused by these thieves.

"I have informed you, Lord Marquis, that I know that this area is the most barren land near Jiangning County. As for the fertile land, we can indeed make up [-] acres, but more than half of it is abandoned. The long-lasting Arata.

In Jiangning, except for the villain and others, the other places are full of wealthy households and fertile land. It is easy to gather a mere thousand farmers and [-] acres of fertile land! "

"Really?"

Guo An smiled slightly and looked at Liu Wen aside.

Liu Wen's expression changed drastically, and he quickly explained: "The Lord Hou knows it well, and the subordinates will never dare to deceive the Lord Hou.

There are fertile fields and farmers in other places, but there are absolutely no one thousand households in one place, nor are there [-] acres of fertile farmland connected together.

Moreover, there are so many fields and tenants of noble families in the middle, and the lower official really has no choice! "

... (end of this chapter)